The count down to summer vacation is on!! YAHOO!! We can hardly wait for our summer break!!! I would say, "Yahoo...we get to sleep in!!", but with little ones that doesn't happen. Ha Ha! I am however, looking forward to some camping trips, the zoo, swimming lessons for Caleb and Emma in July and some play dates with their friends. Rick is going to Alaska with our church in June to help put a new roof on a church parsonage up there. He will be at a small Nazarene church near Homer, AK. He will have a good time. The kids and I will do some outings and just manage on our own for that week. It is a lot easier now that they are older.
Caleb and Emma are getting to the fun stage where they are understanding us and are able to communicate with us more all the time. And make me laugh!?!?! Oh my do they ever! Ha Ha! They have such wonderful personalities. They are learning to play games with us and tease us. For example, Emma loves it when we are on the floor with them and then she "sneaks" up behind us and tickles us! Then we pretend to not see her and as she is tickling us, then we "attack" her and pretend bite her fingers and cheeks. She laughs this low, growl of a laugh that makes us laugh too. And Mr. Caleb just loves to dance with us. Also he like to "feed" mommy his Cheerios and crackers. This is a fun game for him! Mommy gets chubbier and he gets out of eating his food! Ha Ha!
Well, Caleb and Emma are both pros at walking and running now. The one thing that they are trying to master now is the stairs. Going up is not a problem, down is another story. Emma has kind of figured out the railing thing and Caleb is trying to copy her. Both of them have figured out how to get off the couch and the bed by themselves. Our little Emma, the climber, will actually move the rocking horse, buckets, etc., and climb as high as she can on anything she can! She gives her mother at least 1 heart attack a day with her monkeying abilities. Miss Candi at day care say that her and another little boy, Jacob, are the climbers and try to conquer anything that looks like it should be climbed on! Ha Ha! Then Caleb tries to copy sister and is starting to want to climb on everything too!
Caleb and Emma love to be outside. Their favorite the 3 S's: swings, slide, and sandbox! The other day when we got to Miss Candi's to pick them up they we all in the backyard playing. Emma was playing in the sandbox and Caleb was just running around the backyard checking out what everyone else was doing. Rick laughed at how Emma was playing in the sand. Ha Ha! He said that it reminded him of the home videos of me when I was little playing in the sandbox. Just squatting, but never really touching the sand. She had a shovel and she was moving the sand all over. Ha Ha! It was so cute! Caleb is just a little social butterfly. He wanted to play with everyone at once. Ha Ha! Then of course it was time to clean up and leave, both cried and cried. They did not want to go at all! I felt so bad, but we had to head home. I guess we are going to have to save up for a play set for the back yard and a sandbox!
Caleb and Emma's sign language is doing great but so are their actually words. They even try to use them together. So I think it will be a smooth transition from signing to speaking. The signs they use are: more, please, shoe, blanket, kitty, light, drink, cookie, cracker, bird, and all done. They are talking more and more all the time. Caleb says: ball (ba), hi, bye, mama, dada, all done (a da), ta da, and uh oh. And he is trying to say sister and brother, because we refer to them as sister and brother. He must be picking up on that. Emma says: ball (ba), hi, mama, dada, uh oh, and she tries to say kitty (kkki). She definitely doesn't talk as much as Caleb, but she is way better at leading them to trouble. Ha Ha!
Eating at our house is always an adventure. The messes are many and the faces to be washed are just as many! That seems to be getting better. There is more going in the mouths than on the floor so that is success in itself.Caleb and Emma are such different eaters. Emma will eat anything and everything that we put in front of her. She is not picky at all. She loves food! Caleb on the other hand is my picky eater! Although, I must say that he is getting better. He is a texture kid, so if it feels funny in his mouth, he does not want it and out it comes. But we just keep introducing the same stuff over and over again and he is slowly getting to like more and more.
Emma is up to 5 teeth now and Caleb has 8 and is working on his 1 year molars. He always seems to have more pain with teething than Emma does. We never even know Emma is getting a tooth and then all of a sudden there they are! That is good for her and us, but my poor little Caleb just suffers so.
I have a cute story to share about each little monkey. So many things happen all the time, but these 2 stories are my favorite right now. I hope they put a smile on your face.
Hi Daddy
Emma was getting in to mommy's pretties one night. Daddy look at Emma and said,
"No Emma."
Emma looked away and stopped touching the pretties, then looked up at her father and said,
"Hi!" With the biggest smile on her face.
Rick said, "Hi Emma!" Then she ran off to play with something else. Pretty soon Emma was back over at the pretties touching again. Rick looked at her and said,
"No Emma."
Emma looked up at him still touching the pretties and said,
"Hi!" With the biggest most innocent smile. And Rick looked at her and said,
"Hi Emma!"
Well it turned into a game. And it went on for quite awhile. We just had to laugh because she was already trying to sweet talk her daddy! Oh boy are we in trouble!
My Blanket
Emma was not feeling so hot a couple weeks ago and mommy stayed home with both Emma and Caleb. At one point, Emma threw up on her second blanket for the day. That made both of her fleece blankets (which are their favorites) dirty and in the washing machine at the same time. I got out another blanket for her, but she really didn't want much to do with it.
Caleb was playing and had his fleece blanket right with him. Never too far from sight. He loves his blanket too. Well, pretty soon Emma walked over and took Caleb's blanket away from him. He didn't notice right away, but when he did, he quickly took it back. Then he went back to what he was doing. Not even 5 minutes later Emma went and stole it from him again. And again he didn't notice right away and when he did he went and took it back.
This went on for three or four times. And I am watching very amused. Well, it finally got to be too much for Caleb. He had enough. He marched over to Emma and took it away from her. He looked at her very serious, started pointing at his chest and said, "DA DA DA BA DA DA DA!"
I laughed out loud. It was like he was saying, "Sister, this is my blanket and I want you to leave it alone!!" It was so cute. I was proud of Caleb for finally standing up for himself. Emma does that stuff to him a lot. And I felt bad for Emma because she got up off the floor and cried to me. Lucky for her, her blanket was finally in the dryer and almost done. Soon she had HER blanket back and all was well again!
Well that is all for now. I will right again soon! And post more pictures soon too! I love you all!
Caleb and Emma are getting to the fun stage where they are understanding us and are able to communicate with us more all the time. And make me laugh!?!?! Oh my do they ever! Ha Ha! They have such wonderful personalities. They are learning to play games with us and tease us. For example, Emma loves it when we are on the floor with them and then she "sneaks" up behind us and tickles us! Then we pretend to not see her and as she is tickling us, then we "attack" her and pretend bite her fingers and cheeks. She laughs this low, growl of a laugh that makes us laugh too. And Mr. Caleb just loves to dance with us. Also he like to "feed" mommy his Cheerios and crackers. This is a fun game for him! Mommy gets chubbier and he gets out of eating his food! Ha Ha!
Well, Caleb and Emma are both pros at walking and running now. The one thing that they are trying to master now is the stairs. Going up is not a problem, down is another story. Emma has kind of figured out the railing thing and Caleb is trying to copy her. Both of them have figured out how to get off the couch and the bed by themselves. Our little Emma, the climber, will actually move the rocking horse, buckets, etc., and climb as high as she can on anything she can! She gives her mother at least 1 heart attack a day with her monkeying abilities. Miss Candi at day care say that her and another little boy, Jacob, are the climbers and try to conquer anything that looks like it should be climbed on! Ha Ha! Then Caleb tries to copy sister and is starting to want to climb on everything too!
Caleb and Emma love to be outside. Their favorite the 3 S's: swings, slide, and sandbox! The other day when we got to Miss Candi's to pick them up they we all in the backyard playing. Emma was playing in the sandbox and Caleb was just running around the backyard checking out what everyone else was doing. Rick laughed at how Emma was playing in the sand. Ha Ha! He said that it reminded him of the home videos of me when I was little playing in the sandbox. Just squatting, but never really touching the sand. She had a shovel and she was moving the sand all over. Ha Ha! It was so cute! Caleb is just a little social butterfly. He wanted to play with everyone at once. Ha Ha! Then of course it was time to clean up and leave, both cried and cried. They did not want to go at all! I felt so bad, but we had to head home. I guess we are going to have to save up for a play set for the back yard and a sandbox!
Caleb and Emma's sign language is doing great but so are their actually words. They even try to use them together. So I think it will be a smooth transition from signing to speaking. The signs they use are: more, please, shoe, blanket, kitty, light, drink, cookie, cracker, bird, and all done. They are talking more and more all the time. Caleb says: ball (ba), hi, bye, mama, dada, all done (a da), ta da, and uh oh. And he is trying to say sister and brother, because we refer to them as sister and brother. He must be picking up on that. Emma says: ball (ba), hi, mama, dada, uh oh, and she tries to say kitty (kkki). She definitely doesn't talk as much as Caleb, but she is way better at leading them to trouble. Ha Ha!
Eating at our house is always an adventure. The messes are many and the faces to be washed are just as many! That seems to be getting better. There is more going in the mouths than on the floor so that is success in itself.Caleb and Emma are such different eaters. Emma will eat anything and everything that we put in front of her. She is not picky at all. She loves food! Caleb on the other hand is my picky eater! Although, I must say that he is getting better. He is a texture kid, so if it feels funny in his mouth, he does not want it and out it comes. But we just keep introducing the same stuff over and over again and he is slowly getting to like more and more.
Emma is up to 5 teeth now and Caleb has 8 and is working on his 1 year molars. He always seems to have more pain with teething than Emma does. We never even know Emma is getting a tooth and then all of a sudden there they are! That is good for her and us, but my poor little Caleb just suffers so.
I have a cute story to share about each little monkey. So many things happen all the time, but these 2 stories are my favorite right now. I hope they put a smile on your face.
Hi Daddy
Emma was getting in to mommy's pretties one night. Daddy look at Emma and said,
"No Emma."
Emma looked away and stopped touching the pretties, then looked up at her father and said,
"Hi!" With the biggest smile on her face.
Rick said, "Hi Emma!" Then she ran off to play with something else. Pretty soon Emma was back over at the pretties touching again. Rick looked at her and said,
"No Emma."
Emma looked up at him still touching the pretties and said,
"Hi!" With the biggest most innocent smile. And Rick looked at her and said,
"Hi Emma!"
Well it turned into a game. And it went on for quite awhile. We just had to laugh because she was already trying to sweet talk her daddy! Oh boy are we in trouble!
My Blanket
Emma was not feeling so hot a couple weeks ago and mommy stayed home with both Emma and Caleb. At one point, Emma threw up on her second blanket for the day. That made both of her fleece blankets (which are their favorites) dirty and in the washing machine at the same time. I got out another blanket for her, but she really didn't want much to do with it.
Caleb was playing and had his fleece blanket right with him. Never too far from sight. He loves his blanket too. Well, pretty soon Emma walked over and took Caleb's blanket away from him. He didn't notice right away, but when he did, he quickly took it back. Then he went back to what he was doing. Not even 5 minutes later Emma went and stole it from him again. And again he didn't notice right away and when he did he went and took it back.
This went on for three or four times. And I am watching very amused. Well, it finally got to be too much for Caleb. He had enough. He marched over to Emma and took it away from her. He looked at her very serious, started pointing at his chest and said, "DA DA DA BA DA DA DA!"
I laughed out loud. It was like he was saying, "Sister, this is my blanket and I want you to leave it alone!!" It was so cute. I was proud of Caleb for finally standing up for himself. Emma does that stuff to him a lot. And I felt bad for Emma because she got up off the floor and cried to me. Lucky for her, her blanket was finally in the dryer and almost done. Soon she had HER blanket back and all was well again!
Well that is all for now. I will right again soon! And post more pictures soon too! I love you all!
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I told Sean-Martin these stories, and he LAUGHED! I love this blog!
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